As a child of Southern parents, I grew up hearing stories about the Civil Rights Movement and, in particular, the trailblazing African American women throughout the arc of American history. These women organized their communities, sacrificed their time and resources,...
“The world has only one border. It is called humanity. The differences between us are small compared to our shared humanity.” – Nadia Murad, Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner You would be forgiven for thinking that in 2021, the...
Today’s health crisis is a tragedy that forced us all to quickly adapt, but it has given us a chance to change course towards a more just and sustainable economic and societal model. I work with top entrepreneurs and small-medium enterprises (SMEs) across the globe...
Images are powerful things; they shape the way we see the world. My favorite photograph captures a private moment between Martin Luther King Jr and Harry Belafonte: two giants in the civil rights movement with all the gravitas that implies. But this image tells a...
In Canada today, 1 in 5 Canadians over 15 years old (or 22 per cent) report having a disability, and approximately 47 per cent of Canadians say they spend time with or help someone who is dealing with these difficulties. By 2036, nearly 9 million Canadians are...
As a bright-eyed college volunteer for AmeriCorps, I spent time in some of the poorest neighborhoods in Puerto Rico. It was probably the hardest year of my life and the most eye-opening. In the aftermath of Hurricane Georges, I traveled around the island with FEMA...
